Publishing schedule and news for Archives,
Masterworks, and other related books!
Current for February 21,
2004
(Select information pulled from
the "DC
Reprint Schedule" list compiled and maintained by "DegenerateMatter.")
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February 2004
DC Archives:
Adam Strange vol.1 (Feb. 11th)
Shazam! vol.4 (Feb. 25th)
Marvel Masterworks:
Avengers vol.3 (Feb. 4th)
Spider-Man vol.5 (Feb. 18th)
Daredevil vol.2 (Feb. 25th)
March 2004
DC Archives:
Doom Patrol vol.2 (March 10th)
DC Other:
Batman in the 40's (March 3rd)
Marvel Masterworks:
Uncanny X-Men vol.3 (March 10th)
Fantastic Four vol.6 (March 17th)
April 2004
DC Archives:
Batman in World's Finest Comics
vol.2 (Apr. 7th)
Spirit vol.13 (Apr. 28th)
Marvel Masterworks:
Spider-Man vol.6 (Date Unknown)
May 2004
DC Archives:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents vol.4 (May
5th)
New Teen Titans vol.2 (May 19th)
DC Other:
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (#6,
1971 replica) (May 5th)
Marvel Masterworks:
(No known Masterworks)
Announced, roughly scheduled,
but unsolicited:
2nd or 3rd Quarter 2004
Golden Age Sandman Archives vol.1
(Reported by Craig Delich on the DC Archives board.)
3rd or 4th Quarter 2004
All Star Comics Archives vol.10
(Not announce, but reported by Craig Delich on the DC Archives board.)
Mentioned as being in the works,
but unscheduled:
Challengers of the Unknown Archives
vol.2 (announced Nov. 10 '02, exact date TBA; mentioned by Bob Greenberger
in the thread "Questions for Bob Greenberger," post of Nov. 19 on the DC
Archives board, as not being issued in 2003.)
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, vol.5 is
expected in 2004, based on how the series has been published to date, but
things can change.
Expected, but neither announced
nor scheduled:
Nothing until 2004 when Plastic
Man, and Spirit are expected to continue as usual.
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Rumors:
Stuff by Simon and Kirby; Sandman,
Manhunter, Boy Commandos, Newsboy Legion etc. are possibilities (See Bob's
post of Jan 8 '03 in "Questions for Bob Greenberger" on the DC Archives
board.)
Silver Age Superman Archives seems
to on the way. From Dale & Bob's missive of Aug 19th 2003: "In the
cases of Superman and Batman, we decided to leapfrog ahead and launch new
titles because there is a strong interest in their Silver Age adventures..."
Since there has been no SA Supie leapfrog up to now, it must be in the
pipeline.
Not Eligible for Archiving
Yet:
Superboy (Golden Age) Archives, V1
(announced in 2001, mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread "Questions
for Bob Greenberger," post of Dec 12 '02 on the DC Archives board, as being
"off the schedule and ... return[ing] as soon as possible")
Swamp Thing, because the TPBs are in
print (See Bob's post of Jan 7 '03 in "Questions for Bob Greenberger" on
the DC Archives board.)
Golden Age work that isn't feasible
with current restoration technology, which butchers fine line work by certain
artists, including Mac Raboy and Lou Fine. Affects Captain Marvel, Jr.,
The Ray, The Black Condor, Doll Man, Bulletman, others (See Bob's post
of Jan 8 '03 in "Questions for Bob Greenberger" on the DC Archives board.)
Mad Archives vol.2 won't appear in
2003. (See "Questions for Bob Greenberger 2," his post of Feb. 7
'03 on the DC Archives board. Poor sales is the likely villain here. The
Diamond preorders were for only 1879 copies. The same month, "All Star,
V8" had 2669 copies preordered.)
Other Things We Know:
Some sort of Ditko Charlton progect
is in proposal stage. This may be an archive, a book like the Neal Adams
series, or something else.
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